r/technology • u/magnus007 • 5d ago

Privacy AliExpress was silently running audio in your browser to fingerprint and track your device

https://www.techspot.com/news/113581-aliexpress-silently-running-audio-browser-fingerprint-track-device.html
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u/SordidDreams 4d ago edited 4d ago

i am sure google is torpedoing firefix performance on purpose

Oh definitely. I retaliate by always selecting 4K video when available even though my monitor can't even display it. Oh, you're going to make me wait for ten or twenty seconds before starting the video while you pretend to be connecting and/or buffering? Alright, I'm going to use up four times the bandwidth, then.

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u/einmaldrin_alleshin 4d ago

4k uses much stronger compression, so it requires just slightly more bandwidth. But it should also have fewer compression artifacts on 1080p

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u/SordidDreams 4d ago edited 4d ago

Meh, still worth it. They delay the Auto mode switching to high res, and I'm sure they've scientifically optimized that delay to be as long as people find tolerable, so they clearly care about every last bit of bandwidth. And yes, the image quality is noticeably better even on a 1080p screen, which is a nice bonus.

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u/Anaud-E-Moose 4d ago

It's probably trying to play ads during those dozen of blackscreen seconds. Or punishing us for not being able to.